The Nurse Is Administering a Mental Status Examination to a 48-Year-Old

question 13

Multiple Choice

The nurse is administering a mental status examination to a 48-year-old patient who has hypertension.The nurse suspects depression when the patient responds to the nurse's questions with

• A) "Is that right?"
• B) "I don't know."
• C) "Wait, let me think about that."
• D) "Who are those people over there?"

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